"John was the best. I loved John. He was fine singer, a fine musician and he was a fine friend." -Ringo“He's (Ringo) every bloody bit as warm, unassuming, funny, and kind as he seems. He was quite simply the heart of the Beatles.” – John

I love this song. Paul's voice is so sexy. The drum beat is different as well.

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Ohana means family. Family means no one gets left behind or forgotten.--Lilo and Stitch.Beatles to battle!--Paul, Yellow Submarine movieListen. Do you want to know a secret?Have you hugged your Paul Today?Drop me a letter in my mailbox.

thanks for getting me to relisten to this song, L.S.F - good song/good thread the parts i always remembered are how the backing vocals shout the first word of each line in the versesand the awesome melody/chord progression and how happy paul sounds when he's singinglistening now though i hear how the drums sound more muted/muffled than some other beatle hits.the guitar sounds kinda loud in the mix too. this song definitely doesn't have the attention to production/mixing of earlier hit singles they releasedwhich is why it's ironic that the solo drum part is such a direct reference to the phil spector girl group sound. i think if the beat was just a little different, this song would have stood on its own more with fans . .. the beat and shouting words are right off please mr postman which they themselves coverthe lyrics get lost in the mix too. "what youre doin / feelin blue and . (lonely)" --that's advanced also the rollickin piano arpeggios in the middle sound kind of haunted house and old timey. that definitley keeps this song from bein a single with mass appeal i dont know if the beatles or their team felt this because it's the second to last song on the Bside of beatles for sale.

i'd love to hear a live version of this or a demo but i didn't find anything on youtube . . UPDATE - did find another version and john is all over it! sorry paul fans (of which i am one) , but THAT'S what i'm talkin about

actually after two listens i'm sick of johns voice on the alternative version and i like solo paul better ..man, this song has so much it was plus could have been maybe that's why george martin and his son giles dug it up for the cirque de soleil LOVE remix . . check out what youre doing mixed with drive my car at :50 seconds

Ohana means family. Family means no one gets left behind or forgotten.--Lilo and Stitch.Beatles to battle!--Paul, Yellow Submarine movieListen. Do you want to know a secret?Have you hugged your Paul Today?Drop me a letter in my mailbox.

did find another version and john is all over it! sorry paul fans (of which i am one)

A message to Paul fans, who seem to have surprisingly sensitive ears: Just about everything Saint Paul... er, I mean, Sir Paul recorded from 1958 until 1969 runs the risk of having John "all over it." ...and I am not sorry.

A message to Paul fans, who seem to have surprisingly sensitive ears: Just about everything Saint Paul... er, I mean, Sir Paul recorded from 1958 until 1969 runs the risk of having John "all over it." ...and I am not sorry.

Just so you know, not all of us Paul fans (well, I'll just speak for myself I suppose) see Paul as "Saint Paul" and hate anything John did or was involved with.

Looking through old posts as I'm new to the forum and the part of this song I really like is Georges descending guitar part as it is used again ascending for the intro of Everybody's Got Something to Hide...(phew) Except for Me and My Monkey by John this time (I assume).

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